Assessment of sustainable construction in Lebanon حسب Awwad, Rita

"…The current environmental degradation in Lebanon due to limited natural resources, population increases, and inefficient urban management, threatens the economic growth and the wellbeing of the people and thus dictates the urgent need for planning and taking action on a comprehensive environmental sustainability strategy. …"
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Analysis of Diabetes Apps to Assess Privacy-Related Permissions: Systematic Search of Apps حسب José Javier Flors-Sidro (18518946)

"…Accordingly, the availability of mobile apps for diabetes has been steadily increasing. Most of the previous reviews of diabetes apps have focused on the apps’ features and their alignment with clinical guidelines. …"

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 حسب Gregory A. Roth (6302315)

"…The global trends for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and years of life lost also increased significantly, and years lived with disability doubled from 17.7 million (95% UI: 12.9 to 22.5 million) to 34.4 million (95% UI:24.9 to 43.6 million) over that period. …"

Prevalence and risk factors of poor indoor air quality and sick house syndrome symptoms in Dubai حسب ALI, MUNA IBRAHIM

"…Following are the major practical implications and recommendations that can be derived from findings of this research: • Developing related regulations by: o Mandating an appropriate exposure limit for indoor PM2.5 concentration. o Establishing rigorous policies to enforce compliance with mandated limits. o Establishing convenient policies to manage probable environmental risk of incense burning and new paints. o Incorporating the needs of atopic individuals and females in related policies. • Increasing public awareness about below risk factors and how to manage them: o The risk of having unacceptable indoor levels of PM2.5, PM10, TVOC, CO2, T, RH, and AERs that threatens a substantial number of Dubai housing. o The identified IEQ and building risk factors associated with SHS symptoms which were: indoor dimness, dust and dirt, stuffy air, paint odors, high humidity, water leakage, dampness odors, incense smoke, attached kitchens, and Dubai Sector 1. …"
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Space size relative to prey width and total cover in an area both influence the habitat choices of freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare in mesocosms حسب Bartholomew, Aaron

"…Hypotheses predict that prey survivorship is maximized at intermediate Sp/Py values and that prey survivorship increases rapidly from zero to low cover but increases at a slower rate as cover increases further. …"
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The distribution of toxic sources in Louisiana حسب Djoundourian, Salpie Sarkis

"…The results reveal that income levels in communities that host toxic sources are consistently and significantly lower than the state averages. …"
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A novel hybrid photovoltaic/thermal-fuel cell system for efficient hydrogen, heat, and power generation: Techno-economic and environmental evaluation حسب Bashar Shboul (22927252)

"…Furthermore, increasing fuel cell temperature from 40 °C to 100 °C significantly improves overall η_PVT-FC and m_PVT-FC, demonstrating the direct impact of thermal regulation on system performance. …"

Effects of habitat complexity on the abundance, species richness and size of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) in artificial vegetation حسب Bartholomew, Aaron

"…We deployed artificial vegetation with 4 different interstructural space widths (complexities): 6, 10, 14 and 27 mm. At the high levels of habitat complexity used in this study, the main effect of increasing complexity was excluding beetles from higher complexity treatments, particularly larger beetle species. …"
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Using machine learning algorithm for detection of cyber-attacks in cyber physical systems حسب Almajed, Rasha

"…According to the findings of several studies, the framework is significantly more effective than conventional methods in maintaining high levels of privacy. …"
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Climatic change impacts on the energy requirements for the built environment sector حسب Furqan Tahir (14429547)

"…This will help emphasize increasing energy capacity, improving efficiency, and developing energy policies to reduce and adapt to the climate change implications. …"

Investigating the Crucial Role of School Leaders in Nurturing Middle Leaders to Enhance their Performance حسب ALLABABIDI, FARAH

"…The competence and cooperation of school leaders at all levels are crucial to the efficient operation of educational institutions. …"
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Short Term Fluctuations in the CEO Effect: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis حسب Haj Youssef, Moustafa

"…Using mixed effect modeling with crossed and nested factors, we find that the CEO effect significantly drops from the pre-crisis to the crisis period, but increases again to pre-crisis levels in the post-crisis period. …"
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Effect of national culture on the design of management control systems of multinational enterprises حسب Elgammal, Walid

"…Companies increasingly need to know whether management control systems or tools that are effective in one national setting will have alternate levels of effectiveness if used in a different national setting. …"
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Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 promotes steatosis in HepG2 cells by modulating target gene expression in presence of Exendin-4 حسب Olfa Khalifa (10914452)

"…</p> <p>Results: Treatment with 200nM Ex-4 for 3h decreased the OA-induced lipid buildup significantly (p<0.05). Concurrently, Ex-4 significantly lowered the expression levels of De novo lipogenesis genes such as SREBP-1, SCD-1and ACC. …"

Digital Predistortion Using Relaxed Sampling Rates حسب Ahmed, Serien

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Waterpipe Tobacco Smoke Nicotine Mediates Resilience to Chronic Stress by Activating BDNF Signaling حسب Khalifeh, Mohamad Rabieh

"…Even though initially, WTS decreased anxiety-like behaviors it was found that prolonged exposure after the completion of CSDS significantly induced anxiety-like behaviors. Finally, we showed that nicotine mediates the effects of WTS only on resilience to stress by increasing BDNF and TRKB levels and signaling. …"
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Use of Animal Models for Investigating Cardioprotective Roles of SGLT2 Inhibitors حسب Najlaa A. Al Thani (17788493)

"…The mechanism of action of an SGLT2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) in treating T2DM depends on lowering blood glucose levels effectively via increasing the glomerular excretion of glucose. …"

Adapting to Climate Risk? Local Population Dynamics in the United States حسب Agustín Indaco (21633494)

"…Last, we provide evidence of <i>microretreat</i> in the case of <i>coastal flooding</i>: tracts with high levels of this risk have grown significantly less than other tracts in the same county, suggesting that residents are willing to relocate within short distances to avoid predictably risky locations.…"

Nicotine induces resilience to chronic social defeat stress in a mouse model of water pipe tobacco exposure by activating BDNF signaling حسب Khalifeh, Mohamad

"…Even though WTS initially decreased anxiety-like behaviors, prolonged exposure after the completion of CSDS significantly induced anxiety-like behaviors. Finally, we showed that nicotine mediates the effects of WTS only on resilience to stress by increasing BDNF and TRKB levels and signaling. …"
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Profiling the autoantibody repertoire reveals autoantibodies associated with mild cognitive impairment and dementia حسب Hanan Ehtewish (17149825)

"…The exact mechanisms underlying the initiation and progression of the disease remain to be fully defined. There is an increasing body of evidence for the role of immune dysregulation in the pathogenesis of dementia, where blood-borne autoimmune antibodies have been studied as potential markers associated with pathological mechanisms of dementia. …"